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Mrs. Matthew Scott, the newly elected president-general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, has been prominent in the social life of the capital for several years. She maintained a handsome home in Wash ington during her sister Mrs. Adlai Stevenson’s reign as second lady of the land. For several years past she has served on the national board of the organization which she now heads as vice-president-general from Illinois, and she has all the business routine of the society well with in her grasp. Mrs. Scott is a resident of Bloomington, 111., the widow of a coal mine owner. Left a widow some 15 years ago, with her income depending on the management of the farms and real es uv-t uuocu but; tuiuv vb laic, .iuc uao of land left her and she accomplished what has been impossible to so many men. Mrs. Scott is an active worker in the Presbyterian church of Illinois, and her exertions for it have been as universal as her work for patriotic and philanthropic purposes. She also takes a cordial interest in all clubs which have a worthy end, and is at present the administrative of the large and successful woman’s club of Bloomington. From a genealogical standpoint, Mrs. Scott would be an entertaining theme for study, even without her delightful personality and her splendid mental equipment. For she comes of illustrious lines on both sides of her family, and even a recital of the names of her immediate ancestors calls for attention. Mrs. Scott resides in a handsome home in Bloomington, and is held in the highest esteem there by her friends and neighbors. She is one of the most intense, home-loving types, and no honor could appeal which meant the breaking up of the family circle. She has two daugh ters, Mrs. Charles G. Bromwell, who has been pleasantly identified with Washington society since her debut in Mrs. Adlai Stevenson’s home during the early days of the second Cleveland term. The second daughter. Mrs. Juli.* Scott Vrooman, spends nearly all her time in Europe. Mrs. Scott con sented to appear before the D. A. R. as a candidate for the honor of president general only after the most serious consideration of all that the honor meant. COMMANDS BRITISH NAVY Sir William May. the new commander of ■» the British navy, is called the most able naval commander and the most adroit strategist Great Britain can boast. He will have charge of the coming maneuver's of the fleet, and from his studies at this time England will settle upon its future naval construction policy. Sir William succeeded Lord Charles Bere9 ford in command of the fleet, although the ne"w commander and the most adroit strategist Great powerful vessels that his famous predecessor ever commanded. Sir William is one of the king's favorites. Like “Jacky" Fisher, the first sea lord, he owes k his advance in the service to his royal friend. I He is naval aide-de-camp to Edward, a knight commander of the bath and a knight command er of the Royal Victorian order. He served in the Arctic expedition in 1875 76, and was naval attache for Europe in the days when Great Britain thought that one such officer was enough for the whole continent. Perhaps his chief ■distinction is his knowledge of the torpedo and its uses, of which he is de clared to be one of the greatest living experts. He is. as well, said to be ex tremely fine authority on naval gunnery, a past master in the art of making •every gun of his ship tell on the hull of an enemy—although it must be ad mitted that he has never had the opportunity of trying his skill on anything more tangible or dangerous than canvas targets. Admiral May will be best remembered by the people of the United States perhaps, as the commander-in-chief of England’s Atlantic fleet in 1905-06. 1 iis career since then brings to notice the extraordinary advance that has been made in naval const Miction, chiefly by the building of the Dreadnought, which, curiously enough, is Admiral May's flagship in his new command. When May was appointed to the command of the Atlantic fleet, four years ago, the Edward VII. was just being completed and was heralded as the greatest fighting unit in the world. Yet the burden of the recent navy debate in the British house of commons was that this class of ship had become obsolete and would have to be practically ignored in any comparison of the navies of the several countries a couple of years hence. MADE TREASURY ASSISTANT Charles Dewey Hilles, who has been ap pointed an assistant secretary of the treasury, promises to be a very potent factor in the Taft administration. While to some extent his ap pointment is a personal one, thanks to his friendship with the president and Henry Taft, there is also political wisdom in placing him near the White House. Hilles has been a politician since boyhood. He comes originally from Barnesville, O., and his father was in the Ohio legislautre. The son spent some time at Columbus with his father, and imbibed a love of political life. Very soon after leaving an academy at Oxford, Md., young Hilles was made secretary to the superintendent of the Boys’ Industrial school at Lancaster, O. • ji was iiul iuug uuui rnucra »cis uiaue imaiCiaJ officer of the same institution by Gov. McKinley and then superintendent by Gov Nash. Such a rapid rise from a clerkship to the head of a big institu tion was never known in Ohio. The record of Hilles as head of the reformatory attracted the attention of the New York Juvenile asylum trustees, and they offered him a big salary to assume charge of that institution. He accepted seven years ago, although lie hated to give up his chances in Ohio politics. He was soon active in the Ohio society of New York, of which Henry Taft is president, and did some quiet work for the Taft cause before and after the Chicage convention. Now comes his reward, but much will be expected of him prior to 1912. Mr. Hilles is 41, married, has three children, is a Presbyterian and a member of the Young Men’s Christian association, in charge at Fort Slocum branch. SAYS HE MAY TALK TO MARS rrui. nmmui n. ncsering, tne Harvard star-gazer, who has evolved a plan by which we may enjoy a little chat with the people of Mars next July at a nominal c06t of 110,000,000, with no money refunded if central says “Busy" or “Your party don’t answer," is one of the most noted of living astronomers. Prof. Pickering has figured the situation out. He finds that Mars is going to be a com paratively near neighbor of ours next July. The figuring done by Prof. Pickering shows that shortly after firecracker day the comet wilt be some 5,000,0p0 miles nearer the earth than it has ever been before. Of course, that is not quite like exchanging opinions and household “v—*-—it; art "i'i'i i -r*” vm iudus over uie uacK lence wun tne woman next door, but still it’s pretty close for Mars, which lias heretofore exhibited a bashful and retiring disposition toward us. Communication from the earth may be established at that time, accord ing to Prof. Pickering, by a mirror reflection scheme. He has evolved a plan which will carry the message, he declares, and he estimates the expense at 110,000,0000. Prof. Pickering has written various works of scientific sort, and is widely known as a lecturer. He has traveled over the world for the observation of solar and lunar eclipses, has climbed lofty mountain peaks in various quarters of the globe and is on intimate or speaking terms with an astonishing number of planets and satellites. Satisfied. The suburbanite was dilating upon the beauties of country life. "You should see my garden!" he exclaimed rapturously. "The roof gardens are good enough for me,” replied the dweller within the city's gates. “But the moonlight nights,” contin ued the suburbanite. ‘‘You should see the moonlight shimmering on the land scape.” “I prefer the electric lights shim mering on Broadway,” said the unre generate city man. Still the suburbanite was not to be gainsaid. “Ah. but the air. It is like wine,” he babbled. "Well, I don't see that you have any thing on me,’’ replied the city man. “There’s a brewery right around the corner from where I live, and you can smell the hops at any time of the day or night.’’ Realizing the futility cf further rea soning, the suburbanite ran for his train.—New York Times. AN IMPORTANT EVENT /ft SHETLAND ISLANDS Under the more genial climate of a bygone period it is believed that na tive woods existed in the Orkney and Shetland islands. Evidence of this is shown by the presence of tree trunks deeply embedded in peat bogs and sometimes uprooted from the bed of the sea in places which, at earlier times, must have been dry land. How ever, no native trees exist at the pres ent time with the exception of some dwarf birches and mountain ash in digenous to a few sheltered valleysJn Hoy. These are apparently only stunted remnants of a larger growth, showing a change brought about by altered climatic conditions, and prob ably for the same reason the native ponies, cattle, sheep and collies of Shetland are all diminutive. There are, it is true, a few plantations which have risen from young trees; but they have only attained a restricted size owing to constant exposure to the fierce gales which frequently sweep ever the low, bleakish hills. In. the absence of trees there is a compensa tion in the matter of fuel supply by the extent of the peat bogs which are found in most of th<* islands; and to Einar, son of Earl Rognvald, who was sent over from Norway to subdue a hand of pirates, is due the credit of showing the inhabitants how to make fuel from their apparently useless bogs. From this circumstance he gained the appellation of Torf-Einar. "efore his arrival great privation must have existed by the scarcity of fuel, and probably scraps of wreckage, sea w-eed, or even dried cow-ruanure, were used for burning. Peat-cutting or “shearing” com mences in late spring, usually after the crops have been put in the ground. In most parts of the country the bogs are on low-lying ground, hut not in frequently they are on the summit of the hills and in the valleys. i ne day appointed for peat-cutting marks an event of great importance, and a week or two beforehand the good wife has brewed a large “brewst” of ale, so as to have it in good condi tion when the day arrives. Bottles and jars are filled with the brown and usually potent liquor; for it is a dis grace for the housewife to be told that she went too often to the well during the brewing, or. in other words, di 1 luted the beverage too much. Neigh bors assist each other at the peat cutting, so as to finish the work neces sary for the requirements of one house in a single day if posible. An early breakfast is partaken of, and oat ban nocks, "sooan" scones, home-made cheese, ham and eggs, etc., heap the table, and a substantial meal fortifies the body for a long day of toil. After breakfast a start is made for the hill top, some of the party carrying a straw "caizie” of provisions, others a basket of bottles containing milk or ■ home-brewed" with which to regale themselves later on, while still others bring the necessary implements for cutting the peats. A "flaying-spade" is used for cutting away the turf or fibrous covering of the moss along the edge of the peat-banks, in a strip about three feet wide. The bank is the edge of exposed moss left from the previous year's cutting, and may ex tend from fifty to several hundred feet in length, and yields from one to four peats in depth. The moss is of a brown color near the surface, but gets darker and denser below, and the black peat is the harder ami richer in heat-gi*ing properties. The peat cut nearest the surface is spongier and burns away much more rapidly. Cer tain kinds of moss produce peats which burn with a strong sulphurous smell and leave a residue of red ashes. The spade used in cutting is called a “tuskar," and consists of a narrow steel blade about a foot long, bent at right angles to itself, forming a heel, to gauge the width and thickness of the peat. This is pressed down in the yielding moss to a depth of 15 inches, or thereabouts, by the foot of the worker applied to a step fixed in the handle. Usually it is the women’s part to catch the wet peats as sliced out by the tuskar, and to arrange them edgewise in rows on the top of the bank to dry. The labor of peat-cut ting is very arduous, especially to the women. In the islands of Unst and Yell ifi Shetland the peats are mostly carried home on the backs of ponies, the ponies being driven or occasionally led in Indian file c* er the moorland tracks. The peats are carried in “maixies,” creels of open ropework, one sus pended on each side of the pony from a two-horned wooden saddle placed on its back. However, in general through out Shetland, women do most of the peat-carrying as well as the agricul tural work in a community where the men are mainly engaged in fishing. The peats are carried on the back in straw or heather caizies and some times in sacks. The distance tra versed is often long, but the time is well spent by the industrious Shetland women, who ply their knitting needles on the march to and from the peat moss. Summer and winter alike they are ever on the trot, and it is sur prising to notice such a number of old women staggering under their bur dens and winding their way over the desolate moors with feet enclosed in “rivlins” of dried cowskin. Some of the more aged carry • hecks,” short crutches, to enable them to raise them selves with their heavy load after resting on the homeward journey. A visit to one of the more ancient housea will give one an idea of the simple life as practiced a generation ago, but now undergoing a transition to more hygienic if less romantic dwellings. In a house recently visited by the writer the only outlet for the smoke was a hole or "lum” in the roof, un connected with the fireplace. The hearth was in the center of the floor instead of being built into the gable, according to modern methods. At the back of the hearth was a fragment of masonry three feet or four feet high to support the peats and to rest the few cooking utensils on. A wide linked chain dangled from a rafter above, terminating in a crook to sup port the kettle or the dinner pot. The fittings of the room included an old fashioned box bed with sliding wooden doors, a large chest or ‘'girnal” con ! taining oatmeal, a churn with a flag j stone cover, a small table, two chairs. \ a “sautie backet" on the wail, a sieve l and a sack of malt. Ever See a Blonde Indian? Blonde Indians are as rare as In | dian blondes. Yet there are such. ! Witness Mrs. B. II. Colbert of the In i dian territory. She is an Indian— ' not a fullbreed, but with enough abori ; gir.al blood in her veins to preserve j many of the traits of the prairie race And she is a blonde of an extreme type. Her complexion is that of a babe, her eyes are the brightest of blue, her hair is the real golden shade. She is proud of her Indian an cestry, much prouder of it than of her white descent. In fact, despite her peaches and cream coloring, she is none too fond of palefaces. Mrs. Colbert lives, in Tishomingo, which isn't as bad as it sounds. She is a Chickasaw and is accredited with ex ceptional ability. The First Dark Horse. The Democratic national convention of 1844 was the first to nominate for the presidency a candidate usually spoken of in the figurative language of our politics as a “dark horse.” It was also the convention to revive and per manently to establish the rule requir ing a two-thirds majority for nomina tions, the first also to make the ex tension of slavery the chief campaign issue, and the first to be distinguished by those gusts of passion, that emo tional turbulence, those sudden, un controllable impulses which have since so often characterized those vast gath erings. Floating Island in the Androscoggin. One of the peculiar relics of the high water on the Androscoggin came ashore on the Lewiston bank of the river above the falls the other day. It was a regular floating island which came drifting down and into shallow water. It was of quite re spectable size and on it were trees, several of them described as being six or eight inches in diameter. They were probably part of an overhanging bank which the water undermined and when they broke loose were held to gether by the intertwined roots.—Ken nebec Journal. NOT A CASE FOR DISCIPLINE Put Yourself in Daddy’s Position, and Then Decide Just What You Would Do. Dr. Alpha G. Kynett of Philadelphia, secretary of the Board of Home Mis sions and Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal church, is the son and grandson of preachers. As such he is for peace. But he has a four teen-year-old son, who, as the doctor told the story the other day, dearly loves a fight. So frequently did he come home from school bearing the marks of the conflict that his father said to him one day: “Now, Gerald, this fighting has to stop. If anybody insults you, you may defend yourself; but if you get into another fight with out a very good reason you will have to settle with me.” A few days later Dr. Kynett, coming home one day unexpectedly to lunch, saw that Gerald had been fighting. “What have you been doing?” he asked. "Nothing," said Gerald, with a guilty look. “You have been fighting, haveh’t ynu?” “Yes, sir.” “Didn’t I tell you that if I caught you fighting again you would hare to settle with me?" “Yes, sir.” “Well, now, speak up. What was this about?” “John Jones said my father was a big, red-faced lobster, and I just sailed into him before I thought.” “I stopped my sermon right there,” says the doctor in relating the story.' What Piggie Said. Nealie when a little tot was visiting a farm-yard. His mother helped him up to look at a pen of small pigs, re lates the Delineator. As he looked in, a little pig near him Jumped up. put ting his fore feet against the side oi the pen, and gave a quick grunt. Nealie turned quickly and said: “Oh mamma, tell him to say that again!” DEFEATS INJUNCTION. Grain Rates Open to Change on Com plaint. Attorney General Thompson has ob tained the dismissal of appeals of the Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific, North western and Rock Island railroad com panies in the circuit court of appeals at St. Paul, Minn. The dismissal leaves the Nebraska railway commis sion free to reduce freight rates on grain as it intended to do soon after it was created. As the Aldrich bill requires a complaint it is evident that the commission has not initiative power to reduce rates on grain, but must act on a complaint. Since the railroads started litigation to enjoin the commission from reducing grain rates, ex-Senator Sibley filed a com plaint with the commission, and this is still pending before that body. It is said the commission does not de sire to order a reduction in the Sibley case until it is absolutely certain its findings can be upheld. Commodity rates on which grain is shipped is said to be more equitable than class rates. The commission has for a year been working on class rates. In the Sibley grain case proof was submit ted to show that Nebraska railroads haul grain to Kansas City for the same rate charged in Nebraska for a shorter haul. The defense of the roads is that the St. Joseph & Grand Island by making lower rates to Kan sas City and southern markets com pels them to give low' rates to Kansas City. The appeal of four railroads dis missed in Minnesota are similar to the appeal of the Burlington road that was tried in the circuit court of ap peals at St. Louis last fall. All these appeals grow out of the attempt of the railroads to "enjoin the railway commission from adopting a schedule of rates on grain that the commission has sent out with notice to the roads to show' cause why it should not be adopted. When this tentative sched ule was sent out by the commission the railroad companies obtained a temporary restraining order from Judge T. C. Munger of the federal court at Lincoln, pending an appeal. The roads sought to enjoin the pro mulgation of this tentative schedule and any other order the commission might make reducing grain rates. At torney General Thompson for the state filed a demurrer. Judge T. C. Munger and Judge W. H. Munger heard the case and dissolved the tem porary restraining order against the commission and denied an order of injunction on the ground that the suit of the railroads was premature. An appeal was tried at St. Louis and the judgment of the federal court of Ne braska was affirmed. Now the ap peal in similar cases filed at St. Paul are dismissed and the judgment given at St. Louis governs. Equipping Engineering Building. The university is getting ready to spend $50,000 for the equipment of the new engineering building. A com plete equipment is planned lor a wood working laboratory and additional ma chinery will be purchased for the foundry. Few additions will be made to the equipment now used in the forging laboratory, but a number of new machines will be put in the ma chine tool room. A new Corliss 150 horse power engine will be installed for mechanical engineering students, and this will be of such special design is to permit of a wide range of exper iments. A 25-horse power gas pro ducer and gas engine will also be a part of the new equipment. Two tur bine pumps will be bought for use in the hydraulic experiments. Besides these larger pieces of apparatus there will be a vast number of minor parts and testing facilities. Clay-Robinson Appeal. Clay, Robinson & Co., commission merchants of South Omaha, with headquarters in Chicago, have ap pealed to the supreme court from a judgment of the district court which sustains an action of former County Assessor H. D. Reed in raising the as sessed value of the personal property of the firm in Douglas county from $725 to $25,725. The firm listed its personal property in the county at $725 and the assessor added $25,000 because he believed the company had at least $100,000 in money loaned in Nebraska. Much Building Going On. A local contractor said that it is sur prising the amount of building that is going on in Lincoln residence districts an.d in the small towns directly around Lincoln. He felt sure there had not been a time in the last few years when such building was at a higher ebb. Residences costing from $2,500 to $6,000 predominate in Lincoln con sidering the number of people able to erect such dwellings. Must Be Stamped. Food Commissioner Mains has ruled that salad dressings, pickle prepara tions, chow chow, meat sauces and other similar preparations must have the ingredients stamped on the out side of the package. He holds that they are food mixtures, and conse quently, according to one clause of the pure food law, must be stamped. Dakota County Must Pay. School district No. 15, Dakota coun ty, must pay to Edward Ghepard of New York the sum of $4,31ft.55 as ac crued interest on an old bond issue of $22,000, which was voted once upon a time to assist in the erection of a building for a normal school that was never established. A decision ren dered by Judge T. C. Munger in the federal court holds that the district is legally bound to pay, even though there may have been circumstances in the case tending to show there had been corrupt connivance. Wheat Crop Doing Well. Reports of the wheat crop as they come to the office of the commissioner af labor are encouraging. These re ports come from all sections of the state, over 600 crop correspondents having reported. An increased acre age of winter wheat is reported, the increase amounting approximately to 10 per cent. However, the reports in dicate that the increased acreage will be about equalized by the lessened :rop condition, thus insuring about the same crop as last year, weather :onditions proving favorable. NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit leal and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. Omaha merchants are arranging a trade Jaunt into Iowa, starting May 17. C. B. Nicodemus of Fremont was badly injured by being thrown from a motor cycle. The Chautauqua at Alma this year will be held August 18 to 25. Ground is being cleared in Kearney for the new postoffice that Uncle Sam will build. The Peters alfalfa mill at South Omaha burned last week. Loss, $100, 000, with $85,000 insurance. Andrew Carnegie has allowed Alma $10,000 for a public library and the citizens are busily engaged looking up a suitable site for the building. Thieves broke into Chris Madsen's big department store at Elm Creek and carried away a large quantity of merchandise. Near Weston, W. H. Nclte, J. F. Lehmkull and the Anderson brothers dug up sixteen coyotes and fourteen pups. The house cleaners of Nebraska City have organized a union and established a scale of wages that means better conditions. Madison wants a new depot for the Union Pacific, the claim being that the present structure is too small and besides is not conveniently located. The annual convention of group five of the Nebraska Bankers’ associa tion, comprising twenty-eight counties of the state, will hold its ninth annual meeting at Lexington May 27. Dr. Paul Juckniess and Miss Pauline Olszewski were united in marriage at thp homo nf Tlr onH Mpo P. T Pnllinn of West Point. The groom is state veterinarian, having been appointed by Governor Shallenberger. High wind recently blew box cars off Union Pacific side tracks at Loup City, Eddyville and Amherst, and the cars were driven 22, 35 and 17 miles respectively, before coming to a stop. Only branch lines were affected. King, deputy state game warden, dropped into Benkelman un looked for and arested Clarence Hundley, charged with shooting ducks out of season. Hundley pleaded guilty and paid the fine and costs. E. W. Hackney, Seth Johnson and Charles Mudge killed a coon on Indian creek, a few miles north of Beatrice, that weighed twenty-five pounds. The animal was killed after it had whipped seven hounds which v,ere used in the pack that ran it to cover. Clark and Dickson, the two young men who were convicted of robbing the general merchandise store at Ber lin and have been in jail in Nebraska City since they were convicted, have been sentenced to one year each in the penitentiary by Judge Travis. At Beatrice W. J. Cross pleaded guilty to the charge of bootlegging and was fined $100 and costs by Judge Ellis. John Witzki, another bootlegger, who was arrested, pleaded guilty, and was also fined $100 and costs. In a fire which they started while playing with matches, Ben and Joe Beller, 2\k and 3t& years o-d, respec tively, children of Anton Beller at St. Bernard, were burned to death and Beller’s barn and house were com pletely destroyed. The bodies of the boys were found in the ruins; after the fire. James White, a farmer residing north of Palmyra, was bitter; by a dog which acted strangely. He captured the dog and decapitated him, taking the head to Chicago, where it was decided that he was infected with rabies and would have to remain in the Pasteur institute for treatment. The dog bit a number of animals and it is causing considerable uneasiness in that part of Otoe county. Edward Stanton, who has been con ducting a restaurant in Union, has disappeared. He kept the restaurant open until 11 o'clock in the evening. As the hours passed and he did not come home Mrs. Stanton dressed and went to the restaurant and found the lights burning, but the door locked. There was a note saying he had gone and that she need not look for bis re turn. He left a check in her favor for a small amount. wora nas Deen received in Beatrice of the marriage of Zintka Lununi, the adopted Sioux maiden of General L. W. Colby of that city to Albert Cliali vat, which occured at the home of Mrs. Clara B. Colby at Portland, Ore., after a brief courtship. Zintka La nuni was found on the battlefield af ter the battle of Wounded Knee by a soldier and given to General Colby, who adopted the Indian maiden. Her early life was spent in Beatrice and she was afterwards sent to school at Washington, D. C. At a meeting of the board of educa tion of Nebraska Dr. Claude Watson was elected president of the board. This is the fourteenth yea:: that he has been chosen as president of the board. Organization for the building of the proposed fraternal temple at Has tings was perfected at a meeting of committees from the interested asso ciations. Articles of incorporation to gether with the constitution and by laws, which were drawn up by their attorney were adopted and it was de eded to begin the canvass for stock at once. The barn of Robert Kirkpatrick, a farmer living near Nehawka, was burned to the gTound. Several hundred bushels of corn, several tons of hay, all his harness, buggry and all bis farm implements were destroyed. All saloons have been shut out of Ponca. Theodore Langston, the Tecumseh man who was fleeced out of about H.400 by Chicago sharpers, had lived in that place for about a quarter of a oentury. He was engaged in carpen ter work until recent years, when he was obliged to give it up, owing to age. PUBLIC STATEMENT By a Public Official—County Treasurer of Granbury, Texas. A. A. Perkins, County Treasurer of Granbury, Hood Co., Texas, says: twrjntMi* “Years ago a severe T.iUA5i«rj fall injured my kid neys. From that time l I was bothered with a chronic lame back and disordered action of the kidneys helped to make life miserable for me. A friend sug gested my using Doan’s Kidney Pills, which I did, with the most gratifying re gj suits. I made a pub lic statement at the time, recommend ing Doan's Kidney Pills, and am glad to confirm that, statement now.” Sold by all dealers, 60 cents a bos. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. VARIETY. Hewitt—I've been pinched for mon ey lately. Jewitt—Well, women have different ways of getting it. My wife kisses me when she wants any. ECZEMA COVERED HIM. Itching Torture Was Beyond Words— Slept Only from Sheer Exhaustion —Relieved in 24 Hours and Cured by Cuticura in a Month. “I am seventy-seven years old, and some years ago I was taken with ec zema from head to foot. I was sick for sis months and what I suffered tongue could not tell. I could not sleep day or night because df that dreadful itching; when I did sleep it was from sheer exhaustion. I was one mass of irritation; it was even in my scalp. The doctor’s medicine seemed to make me worse and 1 was almost out of my mind. I got a set of the Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent. I used them persistently for twenty-four hours. That night I slept like an infant, the first solid night’s sleep I had had for six months. In a month I was cured. W. Harrison Smith, Mt. Kisco, N. Y., Peb. 3, 1908-" Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Props., Bostons. Grievance of Suffragists. The suffrage papers are still griev ing over their mistake as to Sweden having granted the ballot to women. The dispatch which caused the mis take read “to all inhabitants of 24 years and over." The suffragists in other countries are asking if Sweden does not enumerate its women among its inhabitants when taking Its cen sus. Many a Day Is Spoiled By a cough which cannot be broken bv ordinary remedies. But why not try a medicine that will cure any cough that any medicine can cure? That is Kemp’s Balsam. It is recommended by doctors and nurses, and it costs only 25 cents at any druggists’ or dealers’. Keep a bottle always in the house and you will always be prepared to treat a cold or cough lie fore it causes any suffering at all. Coaxing the Erute. Eve had given Adam the apple. "I suppose," she mused as she con structed the fig leaf suit, "after this I’ll always have to feed him to get a new dress." Subsequent developments confirmed her fears. The way Hamlins Wizard Oil soothes and allays all aches, pains, soreness, ewe 1 ing and inflammation is a surprise and delight to the afflicted. It is simply great to relieve all kinds of pain. And if every molher’s son of us made a strenuous effort to reach the top there wouldn't be such a crowd at the bottom. Lewis’ Single Binder costs more than oilier 5c cigars. Smokers know why. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, liL There is nothing like a good basL ness plant for raising money. ANOTHER WOMAN CURED By Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Gardiner, Maine.—“ I have been a great sufferer from organic troubles Raima ext Yt'ic lriuaie weakness. The |1 doctor said I would r have to go to tlie ‘ hospital for an operation, but I 1 could not bear to think of it. 1 de cided to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vcg i etable Compound tj andSanative Wash H —and was entirel j hi™. >i curt-u alter inree months’ use of them.”—Mrs. S. A. Williams, B. F. D. No. 14, Box Si) Gardiner, Me. No woman should submit to a surgi cal operation, which may mean death until she ha.s given Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound, made exclusive ly from roots and herbs, a fair trial. This famous medicine for women has for thirty years proved to be the most valuable tonic and renewer of the female orjranism. Women resid ing in almost every city and town in the United States bear willing testi mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cures female ills, and creates radi ant, buoyant female health. If you are ill, for your own sake as well as those you love, give it a trial. Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., Invites all sick women to write her for advice. Her advice Is free* and always kelpf uL
